concert grand

noun

1. a grand piano of the largest size, being typically 9 feet (2.7 meters) in length.

concert grand

noun

1. See boudoir grand, baby grand
   a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length Compare baby grand boudoir grand

Word History and Origins

Origin of concert grand¹

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

There were gold-lacquered tables and a curious concert-grand piano, also gold inlaid with mother-of-pearl cupids and flowers.

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And in the midst of all that some one drifts casually up to the concert grand and cuts loose.

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A mechanical instrument which goes is better than a new concert grand piano that remains shut.

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From the dried sinews stretched across the shell of a dead tortoise to the concert-grand piano of the present day is a far flight.

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